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Behind every crisis is opportunity, as the adage goes. Astute entrepreneurs and business executives embrace this as their mantra. They invest instead of hold back, may it be in people, property, and even in innovation. The latter is the wellspring of new processes and technologies,...

We come to the root of where all great debates in the Philippines seem to start or end up with — the constitutional basis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), as the basis for upholding the Stakeholder Theory for publicly-held companies and all other corporations vested...

(2nd of 2 Parts) Why is our tax system inefficient? The simple answer is that we have a very narrow taxpayer and tax base. According to the UN data, the current population of the Philippines as of October 3, 2021 is 111,404,546 versus 24,015,416 total...

Let’s talk about our risk environment. I’ve been harping on this because my sense is that we’re not engaged in a whole-of-nation effort. Would it be correct to say that there’s no palpable systematic whole-of-society nor whole-of-government integrated initiative to mitigate and manage risk? I...

(1st of 2 Parts) For more than two decades, we have been paying first-world taxes with the highest rate among ASEAN member countries regarding personal and corporate income taxes, even value-added taxes. While some sectors enjoyed tax incentives and exemptions, regular employees and micro-entrepreneurs suffered...

Over the years, sustainability has become an important global issue and an emerging policy priority for many countries and organizations. There has been a strong push to disclose data on this subject through various forms of public reports. A particular and increasing interest has been...

Never before in the last fifty (50) years has there been any disruption in the school system as compelling and life-changing! As a result of the pandemic, schools were closed and face-to-face classes were prohibited. The traditional academic fundamentals as well as the business of...

When the 18th Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) International CEO Web Conference was held last year 2020, it was with high hopes that 2021 will be a different scenario, that leaders of the business community will be able to actively join the discussions in...

After more than a year of rolling out experimental drugs for emergency use to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the jury’s still out as to which vaccine brands are effective against the current Delta variant. Some of those who’ve been fully jabbed are still getting infected...